mestizo
noun
a person of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry, especially, in Latin America, of mixed Indigenous and European descent or, in the Philippines, of mixed Indigenous and foreign descent.
mestizoes
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pluralof mestizo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The mestizoes were supposed to be about fifteen or twenty thousand; they are distinguished as Spanish and Indian mestizoes.
From Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers by George Iles
She ascended them toward the bridge: numbers of soldiers, mestizoes, and Indians, were stationed at various points on the shore.
From The Pearl of Lima A Story of True Love by Anne T. Wilbur
Peru, almost depopulated, counted only a small number of Spaniards and mestizoes.
From The Pearl of Lima A Story of True Love by Anne T. Wilbur
We met with huts inhabited by mestizoes in the ravine of Los Frailes, as well as between the Cuesta de Caneyes, and the Rio Guriental.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Thomasina Ross
After passing through some low scrubby forest, very thick with tangled second growth, the clearings of the mestizoes were reached, about five miles below Santo Domingo.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Thomas Belt
